Tedua References

Tedua
Tedua
	Tedua in 2018
Background information
Birth name	Mario Molinari
Born	22 February 1994 (age 30); Genova, Liguria, Italy
Genres	Hip hop; drill; trap;
Occupation(s)	Rapper; songwriter;
Labels	Universal Music, Sony Music

Mario Molinari (born 21 February 1994), known professionally as Tedua, is an Italian rapper and actor.^[1]

Initially also known as Duate, Tedua is known as one of the members of the collective Wild Bandana, along with Izi, Vaz Té, Sangue and Ill Rave.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Biography

Tedua, pseudonym of Mario Molinari, was born in Genoa. At the age of three he was entrusted to a family, with whom the young Mario stayed for a very short span of time. He later spent a few years with his maternal grandmother in Milan, before returning in his teens in the town of Cogoleto, in the suburbs of Genoa, where he grew up coming into contact with those who will then be members of Wild Bandana. Aged 13 Mario met Vaz Tè at school, through whom he will meet Izi. The three, who will then be joined by other boys, will begin to devote themselves to musical activity, giving themselves soon stage names: Molinari chose Incubo (Nightmare), name which he later dropped in favor of Duate.

Musical style

The musical style of Tedua approaches essentially to drill. From this point of view, the critics haven't been unanimous regarding the style of Tedua, expressing sometimes satisfaction, sometimes disapproval of the artistic innovation of the rapper. Drill sounds, however, respond to the flow of consciousness that underlies the music of Tedua, which is always a verbal expression of thoughts and experiences of life.

Tedua has often claimed to have been stylistically inspired by the Italian rapper Dargen D'Amico, from whom he inherited the vision of music as a stream of consciousness: not surprisingly, in the Mowgli disc is contained a piece, Acqua (malpensandoti), whose refrain is a resumption of D'Amico's Malpensandoti.

In addition to the Milanese rapper, Tedua's sources of inspiration include Chief Keef, Fredo Santana and Fedez.

Discography

As a soloist

Studio album

2017 – Orange County California
2018 – Mowgli
2023 – La Divina Commedia

Mixtape

2014 – Medaglia d'Oro (featuring Vaz Tè)
2015 – Aspettando Orange County
2016 – Orange County Mixtape
2020 – Vita Vera Mixtape
2020 – Vita Vera Mixtape – Aspettando La Divina Commedia

Singles

2016 – "Pugile"
2017 – "Bimbi" ( Charlie Charles featuring Izi, Rkomi, Sfera Ebbasta, Tedua & Ghali)
2017 – "Wasabi 2.0"
2017 – "La legge del più forte"
2018 – "Burnout"
2018 – "Acqua (malpensandoti)"
2018 – "Fashion Week RMX"
2018 – "Vertigini"
2019 – "Elisir"
2022 – "Lo-fi For U"
2023 – "Intro La Divina Commedia"

With the Wild Bandana

2017 – Amici miei
2020 – "Manhattan" (single from Vita Vera Mixtape)

Collaborations

"Cosa non va", Believe Music (with Disme, Tedua & Chris Nolan) 2020
"Para'", Sony Music Italy (with Bresh & Tedua) 2020
"Puro Sinaloa", Universal Music Italy (with Tedua, Ernia, Rkomi & Lazza) 2020
"Dimmi Che C'è" ( Thasup with Tedua) 2020

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role(s)	Notes
2022	Caravaggio's Shadow	Cecco

References

^ "Tedua «La mia vita come un telefilm»". Rolling Stone Italia. 18 February 2018.
^ Andrea Laffranchi (25 June 2020). "Tedua, rap vincente: «Musica di strada pensando a Dante»". Corriere della Sera.
^ "Un'intervista tra Milano e Genova con Tedua". Noisey.
^ "Tedua: da Cogoleto, il riscatto del rap con radici liguri". la Repubblica. 14 January 2017.

[1] "Tedua «La mia vita come un telefilm»". Rolling Stone Italia. 18 February 2018.

[2] Andrea Laffranchi (25 June 2020). "Tedua, rap vincente: «Musica di strada pensando a Dante»". Corriere della Sera.

[3] "Un'intervista tra Milano e Genova con Tedua". Noisey.

[4] "Tedua: da Cogoleto, il riscatto del rap con radici liguri". la Repubblica. 14 January 2017.

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